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The MPA in Development Practice program accelerates the growth and success of students’ entrepreneurial companies through an array of professional and academic resources and multi-sectoral perspectives. As a cradle of innovation, the MPA-DP program provides students with the tools necessary to transform their ideas into realities. Below is a selection of organizations fostered and founded by Development Practice students over the years.

The Development Practice, LLC

The Development Practice, LLC was created with the idea of helping international clients put good ideas into practice for the benefit of partner communities. The Development Practice has a cross-cutting focus on program design, strategy, research and data insights and currently has sector-specific practices on agriculture and climate.

Youth Climate Leaders

Youth Climate Leaders is working to build the next generation of climate leaders through a unique around the world experience. Participantslearn about climate change in theory, understand it in practice and work on hands-on projects with other young people, ultimately building a community of climate champions.

Think.iT

Think.iT invests in North Africa’s most talented software engineers, thereby helping companies tap into new talent pools and build high-performing tech teams. We provide a solution to the global talent shortage while building a generation of tech change-makers.

Changemaker Chats

Changemaker Chats is a salon series for women in 16 cities now, serving nearly 10,000 early and mid-career professional women with a mission to equip these women with the networks and know-how to build careers with power and purpose. In short...to help them advance needed change!

Pixza

Pixza is a social empowerment platform, which seeks to obtain the socio-economically productive reinsertion of previously homeless young adults by offering employment at the pizzeria, independent housing opportunities, personal life-skills guidance, and ongoing professional training.

Aktivera

We are a project implementation and impact advisory firm that builds climate resilient value chains at the intersection of renewable energy, agriculture and water sectors. Our mission is to activate the use of renewable energy technologies and enable income growth, job creation, and sustainable economic development.

Laboratoria

We are working to become the leading source of female tech talent from Latin America to the world, transforming the future of thousands of women and the companies that employ them. Locations running include CDMX, Lima, Santiago, Guadalajara and Sao Paulo.

China House

China House is a platform to send young Chinese to Africa, Latin America, and other countries for research, community development projects, volunteering, and responsible tourism. As a bridge between overseas Chinese communities and non-Chinese, we work with NGOs, think tanks and so on to research overseas Chinese businesses and to engage them in sustainable development.

GreenPath

GreenPath is a specialty food company that produces and sources premium, organic food products through a network of smallholder Partner Farms in southern Ethiopia. GreenPath is Ethiopia's first and only organic certified fruit & vegetable company, under the EU Organic standard.

Kidogo

Kidogo is a social enterprise that improves access to high-quality, affordable Early Childhood Care and Education in East Africa’s low-income communities. We seek to unlock the potential of young children and transform the trajectories of their families.

TABLE FOR TWO USA

TABLE FOR TWO works to right the imbalance of undernutrition and obesity through a unique "calorie transfer" program. With more than 700 implementing partners, TABLE FOR TWO has served millions of healthy meals across the globe.